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FORT MILL – Lancaster High School senior quarterback Kemarkio Cloud was among the honorees for Tri-County Football Coaches Association postseason awards on Wednesday at the Towne Tavern in Fort Mill.
Cloud, a two-year starter at quarterback for the Bruins, was named the Class A-AAAA Offensive Player of the Year.
The TCFCA, which includes schools from Chester, Lancaster and York counties, honored a offensive player, defensive player and coach of the year for their 2018 awards.

Adding another 159 acres to the nearly 3,000 that make up Forty Acre Rock Heritage Preserve might not sound like a big deal.
But the new land purchase by state officials is important because of where it is and what it protects.
Known as the Ardrey Tract, the property contains a half- mile of frontage along Flat Creek. The stretch is home to one of the 154 remaining colonies of the endangered and federally protected Carolina Heelsplitter mussel.

The Indian Land Fall Festival entertained thousands of visitors at its 13th-annual event last weekend.
Featuring dozens of performers, hundreds of vendors and many festival rides and activities, the event was the largest to date. There were three main areas at the Indian Land schools complex, using the student parking lot, training field and stadium.

For the second time in 16 months, Republican Ralph Norman on Tuesday defeated Democrat Archie Parnell for the 5th District congressional seat – and this time it wasn’t a squeaker.
While the Lancaster County results weren’t official at press time due to a database issue involving paper absentee ballots, the incumbent from Rock Hill outpaced his Sumter opponent by a 19-point margin to win his first full term in the U.S. House.

Incumbent Republican Henry McMaster won the S.C. governor’s race in Tuesday’s voting, defeating Democrat James Smith and running mate Mandy Powers Norrell of Lancaster.
The GOP ticket of McMaster and Pamela Evette, his pick for lieutenant governor, received 571,135 votes, 54 percent of the total, as of 11 p.m. Tuesday. Smith and Norrell received 489,963, or 46 percent.
Turnout was heavy for a midterm election, with 34 percent of registered voters casting ballots statewide, as of 11 p.m. Tuesday.

Andrew Jackson High School’s first-round playoff game in the Class AA Upper State football playoffs has been moved to Thursday at 6 p.m.
The Vols, 6-4 and an at-large entry in the Class AA Upstate playoffs, will battle an Abbeville team which is ranked No. 1 in Class AA with a 9-0 record.

The A.R. Rucker Rams made school history in their football regular-season finale with the rival South Middle School Mustangs on Thursday afternoon.
The 7-0 Ram, with their second win over South Middle this season, wrapped up their first regular-season undefeated campaign.
The Rams rolled to a 36-8 win over the Mustangs.
The 28-point Rucker win gave the Rams the Lancaster County School District middle school football title.

Lancaster City Council incumbents are safe this election cycle, with District 5’s Hazel Taylor and District 2’s Gonzie Mackey easily winning their races Tuesday.
Taylor earned her first full term on Lancaster City Council, topping challengers Don Geraghty, Mike DeMarco and James “Butch” Flynn. She more than doubled the vote count of her nearest competitor.
Taylor received 258 votes, 55 percent of the total. DeMarco was the next top vote getter with 100 votes. Geraghty totaled 63, and Flynn trailed the field with 44.

INDIAN LAND – Indian Land High School “Reservation” was aroused come the second half of the Warriors’ Class AAA Upper State first-round home game with Crescent High School of Iva on Thursday night.
The game was actually scheduled to be played Friday, but moved ahead with expected heavy rain in the area.
In the second half, the Warriors, down 7-6 to upset-minded Crescent, went on the warpath to take control on the way to a 29-14 win over the Tigers at the ILHS “Reservation.”

The 57 military servicemen and women laid to rest at Clinton Memorial Cemetery were honored Friday during a brief, no-frills remembrance in the cold rain.
“Every time I think about the sacrifice men and women have made in this country, I’m honored…. Because of their service, we have our freedoms today,” said YouthBuild director Reggie Lowery, before his nonprofit’s students placed American flags on the graves of soldiers buried there.